Wairuna was one of the first cattle properties to research productivity improvements in herds with Brahman bloodlines.

An historic homestead in North Queensland has received a stay of execution from plans by the Queensland Government to bulldoze it.

Descendants of the original owners of Wairuna Station have appealed to the Heritage Council to intervene and their efforts are being backed by the Tableland Regional Council.

The property was bought by the State in 2010 with plans to turn it into a national park, but it's yet to be gazetted.

Ken Atkinson grew up on Wairuna Station, which is the site of Australia's first registered Brahman stud and he says research trials there helped build the northern cattle herd.

"My grandfather founded the first registered Brahman stud in Australia and the introduction of Brahman cattle had a significant impact on the viability of the beef industry in the north.

"There was a research project undertaken in the 1950s by the CSIRO comparing weight gain performance between the British-bred cattle and the Brahman-cross cattle ... at the time it was recognised as the most extensive trial of its type ever undertaken in Australia, so there's some fairly significant milestones achieved."

Mr Atkinson says since it's been vacant, pig shooters have stripped assets and the building has become rundown.

Members of the Queensland Heritage Council will visit the property this week.